~*about~me*~

My real name is Britainy but around the net im mostly known as Craftymummy2two. I picked up Crochet over a year ago and am just loving it! My hope is to open up my etsy store this year where i will sell some of my patterns and aswell as some of my finished items:)

~*Tracker*~

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Today we got the garden done *WOOHOO* and I got alll my flowers planted ( another wooo hoo) My flower beds look amazing I will need to snap some photos of them tomorrow.. ( hopefully the plants I planted today won't die lmao)

I got a great tan from spending so much time outdoors these past couple day's ( another wooo hoo) lol BRING ON THE HEAT

(CANADIAN HERE SHORT SUMMERS LONG COLD WINTERS )

SO any way I have been working on this cute lil turrtle for to long lol SO I finally sat down and finished him yesterday.. I Only Had one leg and the bonnet to do so I thought I better get this lil guy off my Wip list..

Her patterns are amazing I will so be buying a couple more from here this is the Baby Turtle Pattern.

Isn't he just Adorable. I think this lil guy will be getting put away for a baby gift for are cousins or maybe even my Sister in law lol We will see who has a lil boy first .. lol

SO now with the sneaky Peeks On what Im working on and then maybe I will get my butt in gear and finish..

This one has been sitting awile Sence well I actually started her before the turtle b ut when I seen the turtle pattern and got it I just had to make it to so well This gloomy got put on the back burner for the time being lol ... I would say Im working on her but that would be a lie.. I started something else

GRANNY SQUARES LOL

So I have been So wanting to make some sence well they are usually one of the first things you learn to crochet well not me I went right to Amigurumi's SO I never did get the chance to do a granny square ( lil secret I tried and totally messed it up so Put it in the I have to learn pile) I felt now was the time to try sence I Have gotten the hang of DC and Skipping and turning and well everything and I can now keep count so these are my squares.

I have made 6 squares sence last night they are small the pattern I was following was from a learning to crochet book I picked up awile ago when I was learning and this is the hardest pattern in the book. Its to make a Granny Square Baby Afghan.. BuT of cource im not going to make the lil blanket, I hope to make enough squares to make a blanket for Kiera for Christmas.. SO hope to be done before christmas ( im sure I Will be ) But I have to make it big enough for her. SO Once this is done it will be gettiong put away for christmas so sad to talk about christmas when I just put my Garden in BAD ME...

Any way THE s quares are done in Dusty Rose, Dust Blue and Beige. I took the pics just now and its dark SO i will be adding more progress shots latter on so you all can see the better coloring of the squares.

~Store Update~

My Ruthy Pattern is now ready for selling :)

BUT MY internet is being gay :(

I have been having issues yet again with this internet company im going through IT works then it doesn't and I don't want to put of the pattern UNTIL I have this all fixxed. Because with the internet the way it is now I can 't promise to get the pattern to you withing 24hr's due to my internet might be down. So im hopping This will get fixxed up.. SO the pattern will not be going to etsy right now BUT..

TO all my blog readers if you are interested in buying it before it hits the store Feel free to email me.. @ toewsrus(@)gmail.com

IF you want it I got it and will sell it..

$5.00 I will be asking for it I hope that resonable.

Or wait to get it once its in the store..

I do still have my dial up hooked up so if any one does want to buy it I will be able to send it I just don't want to start the store up untill my high speed is 110%

Cuz DIAL UP SUCKS lol

SO any way

I'm going to go cozy up to my kitty and crochet me some more Squares lmao. I'm going to get this blanket done by the end of JUNE I mean it lmao ( i want to make my son one tooo for christmas )

Saturday, May 23, 2009

A bird that was in the tree next to my house not sure what kind of bird

and something I have been working on Slowly Plus I have another gloomy on the go aswell lol

I have been Busy working outside lately and have had not much time to update .. JUSt like now lmao I can here Kiera getting in to something when she is suppose to be sleeping

HOpe you all enjoy the pics these where took Today and Yesterday and Maybe the day before lmao ITs SO NICE HERE that I just love being outside here in Alberta we have mostly winter so when we have summer we better get out and enjoy it cuz its not going to be around for long

Excitting toactually sell her but sad that I nolonger have her. MY aunt bought her over the weekend. When I made her she did remind me of my Aunt the curly hair and will my Aunts fav color is Purple lol

But I did finally finish the newest gloomy gurumi..

Meet

Nill

She is sorta Upset she never really got to meet her sister Laney..

But I have another one in the works That I hope to get done faster than this one.. She took me awile but she turned out amazing..

Also I would like to Thank my Grandpa who made/gave me the lil bench for my gloomies.. Isn't it cute I use to have two large ones but my stupid dog chewed them up :(

Hope you all like Nill!!!!

~* Store Update*~

I have gotten the ruthy PAttern tested but Iwould like to get one more tester so I know there are surely no problems at all I was reading somewhere to get it tested 3 times. I have gotten it tested twice now and now I just need one more tester..

If you are interested please send me and Email.. There is some small guidelines

Friday, May 15, 2009

So for $1 I made 1 shirt and 1 dress for my daughter ( AND i have Lots of sheet Fabric left i could probley make 1 more dress and two more shirts if I wanted to lol )

So for $1 I made these

Fashion Show please...

* Music*

The lil Model Did a great job for her first show:) The model IS my 3year ol' daughter Kiera.. ( and for those who just started reading my daughter cut of her hair over a month ago and we had to get it cut off :( At least its growing out again :) These clothes are for her. We have probley around 100 pics lmao But I just picked out a couple to show off the dress and shirt .. I'm not really fond of putting my kids pictures on my blog due to the fact that I have run in to ppl on the net that steal ppl's kiddos pics and use them as there own not funny at all.... ( that is why I have my URL across them, and that is why I don't post many pics of my kids on here, Sence my blog is an open blog ) Soo dadadadaaaaaaaaaa

First up a halter top Sun dress

Next up is a lil Summer halter shirt

Its the same idea as the dress but shorter.. The pattern I got also Has pants, shorts and a jumper halter set and head bands.. Kiera wants all of them lmao Not sure if I will get all them done Im going to make her another dress and shirt though for surely.. I have some Other fabric I got for free from Sheldon’s Aunt that I would like to use.

So I guess we will wait and see if more clothes come in to the picture.. Im not much for sewing clothing I always Am scared the clothes will fall apart. I have yet to try to make myself anything lol

The pattern I used for Kieras and ones I have used in the past HAVE the word EASY wrote in BIG BOLD LETTERS on the pattern.. Thats how I pic them out lol

So my internet is being really stupid the past couple days.. like right now IM actually writing this on word processor and then Praying that it will actually post and get my photos up..

SO i guess if your reading this I got it figured lol .

I do still have my Dial up connected due to the Internet ppl for the high speed arn't charging me anything till they figure out the problem .. IN what is nice

SO a Work In progress

another shot..

Well sence I took this photo I have now got the body done and Half a leg :) She is turning out really good and I can't wait to finish this one.. I used color eye's for her instead of the solid black at first I Wasn't to sure but once i got her Eyelids done I Was happy :) I have had so many offers on these gals and to think I Was about to take a break from them for a lil bit. hahaha

Well Hope you all enjoy, I may be slowing down a lil it's seeding time around here and well I have turned in to a farm hand as of today i got bumped up lmao from Making meals to loading the grain in to the seeder.. hahah Well i guess I still have to do the MEals part :( SO I haev been busy with that and Am About drained of energy and to think I still need to get my garden worked up so I can get it planted this year.. SPring time oooo Spring time ..

Talking about Spring the Pther day we got 8 in of snow ues it was terrible, thank god its gone allready but they are calling for snow and rain showers tomorrow..

Oooo my Mother nature just can't make up her mind up here in the north lol

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

So hubby was late this year and He couldn't get to town before mothers day to get me a gift :( I was right upset I tell you.. lol

SO I ended up getting my gift a lil late what was nice in away cuz that way I got to pick out what one I wanted..

YOu see i have been looking for a new Camera for awile now and trying to save my money to get one for myself.. Well sheldon new this and guess what he bought me

THe Canon Powershot SX10is Digital Camera it is AWSOME.. and we got it on sale woot

He wanted to get me a camera but doen't know much of what i wanted and was looking for.. SO when we went to town yesterday we stopped at Staples and Of cource I Said " why we stopping here" HE looked at me " don't you want a motherday gift " :) SO we went in and I picked out my camera..

SO Of cource I tried it out last night and today and it is amazing...

The pics are so clear

Here is a pic I took off my Deck of a lil bird in the tree..

ONe Of My Pom (Kahlua

And a Snap Of my WIP !!!!!!

I can't wait to take more pics :)

What a lucky Mommy I am!!!!!

Feel Awfull For being so terrible mad that I didn't get anything now lol

Saturday, May 9, 2009

I actually have been working on this lil guy for a couple days.. Making him in between the clean ups and to well relax a bit..

Crocheting is really relaxing and relives stress..

I wanted to make something for my lil Nephew 's 1st bday present.. ( we really aren't related but Practically is family me and his mommy have known each othersense we where lil)

He is having a farm themed bday Party and thought a lil piggy would be the best lil Present

So meet Oink Cooper's Lil Piggy..

This lilGuy is from a pattern in the book Amigurumi Super happy Crochet Cute by Elizabeth Doherty.. Its such a cute pattern and such a cute pig I think I will be making a couple more for some lil piglets in my house..

So back to Cleaning up the pooo in the basement I'm hopping the problem is fixed with the sewer now but you never know It hasn't Back Fired in awhile so maybe its fixed... :) ~*Fingers crossed*~.

With all this warm weather I have been outside but that's not what has been keeping me away..

Are sewer is backing up in to are house ( NO FUN) We first thought it was because are lagoon was to full well not sure what the problem is and of courseSheldon is gone seeding so I have been dealing with this by myself well with help From my lil Bro in law but still..

SO I just thought I would jump on and say Im alive just with great problem's Allot of the kids toys are being throw en out due to this and well allot of damage from it :( not happy at all..

But I gotta go back and suck up all the water THANK GOD we have one of them nifty water sucking vacuum machine things lmao

I really needed to take a break from mY Amigurumi's for awile ( to get some new ideas going in my head) SOooo I decided to work up these

I have them numbered I started out with a pattern It was called my First doilie I thouhgt I book marked and of cource now can't find it.

So The first one I followed the pattern and I Thought It worked out then I made th second one Following the pattern but it turned out smaller lol.. and well with the third I thought screw the pattern and sent on my merry way..

They were really simple to work out I made those three in one day plus 1 more

I Have made a total of 5 Doilies lol They are bigger and would make great hot pads or something.. Im trying to make one out of the actual yarn they use to make doilies and with an itty bitty hook but I have allready messed that on up So I may show but May not.

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SO With this I don't want no worries I Will be making Amigurumis just took a couple days break to let my blisters on my hands to heal.

I have some Personal family matters to take care of this week and hopefully after that I will have some new critter to show you all I do have on I finished a couple days ago and will try to get pics done of her she isn't my favorite but oh well she is kinda cute she's to in to the Cutsie Poo Monster collection.

So just so you know I am alive.... And i'm not to sure when My store will open There is just to much stuff going on in my life right now..